of Leeds and its Vicinity. 391 



place, which afterwards came into the possession of George 

 Walker, Esq. of Killingbeck Lodge, near Leeds. 



(Edicnemus crepitans. Very rare. Seen near Selby a few years since. 



Charadrius pluvialis. Occasionally near Halifax, Whinmoor. 



■ Morinellus. Rare. Killingbeck, May 27, 1839. 



Vanellus griseus. Halifax. 



■ cristatus. Common. 



Ardea cinerea. Not uncommon. Swillington, Scarthingwell, Wal- 

 ton. I know of only one Heronry in the neighbourhood, which 

 is at Walton Park ; one of eighteen or twenty nests was de- 

 stroyed two or three years since at Scarthingwell. 



Botaurus stellaris. Rare. A specimen was shot in Royds Hall 

 Woods near Bradford, 1810; a second at Ilkley, Dec. 1838; 

 a third near Selby, Dec. 1838. 



Numenius arquata. Not common. Roggin Moor near Otley. 



Totanus Calidris. Rare. Near Halifax and Selby. 



— — — — Hypoleucos. Not uncommon. Halifax, Killingbeck, Roth- 

 well. 



Tringa Canutus. Rare. Killingbeck. A pair in 1839. 



Scolopax Rusticola, Gallinago, Gallinula. More or less common. 



Tringa subarquata. Very rare. Halifax. 



variabilis. Rare. Halifax. 



maritima. Ovenden Moor near Halifax, 1827. 



Ochropus. Temple Thorp, Oct. 28, 1839. Birstal, 1840. 



Phalaropus lobatus. Rare. Halifax, Low Moor, Holbeck Moor, 1823. 

 Rallus aquaticus. Common. Swillington, Dewsbury, Killingbeck. 

 Crex pratensis. Common. Boston, Halifax, Killingbeck, Leeds. 

 Gallinula chloropus. Common. Boston, Halifax, Killingbeck, &c. 

 Fulica atra. Occasionally. Swillington, Halifax, Walton Park ; I 



saw thirty feeding together 12th Jan. 1835. 



Order V. Natatores. 



Anser ferus. Not uncommon. Walton Park. 



albifrons. Not uncommon. 



segetum. Not uncommon. Killingbeck. 



Bernicla. Rare. Rigton, 1837. 



torquatus. Rare. 



Cygnus ferus. Occasionally. Kirkstall, Dec. 1837. 

 Anas clypeata. Rare. Killingbeck. 



Strepera. Rare. Swillington. 



acuta. Rare. Scarthingwell, Walton. 



